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Striped Red Bourbon / Washed

Name: Striped Red Bourbon / Washed
Brand: Finca Santa Barbara / Area 18
SKU: CO2506
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Rating: 5.00 (1 reviews)

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Some say it’s a red bourbon’s natural field mutation, others claim it has Ethiopian ancestry like pink bourbon. While we’re establishing that, enjoy an incredible complexity and clarity of this spectacular coffee!

PROCESS:

Washed

ALTITUDE:

1850 m.a.s.l.

SCA:

CROP:

2025

Colombia

La Marquesa, Sotará, Cauca

Finca Santa Barbara / Area 18

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Striped Red Bourbon / Washed

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Our coffee flavor profiles may vary as we consistently re-evaluate the quality of our coffees. Please keep in mind that coffee is an agricultural product, and its flavor notes can naturally evolve over time. Also, please remember that taste, especially in the context of such fragile product like coffee, is highly subjective! Our flavor notes reflect our individual interpretations during QC and shall be considered as guidance towards flavor groups rather than rigid and unquestionable coffee’s properties.

Roasting Tips

11.5%

Humidity

0.49

Water activity

Go with the flow. Bourbons are usually simple to roast. Start with medium – high heat, then decalin slowly after reaching yellow. Be careful around the first crack; it is still high altitude coffee. Keep development longer.

Please note this is a general, not a specific tip. Each coffee tends to behave a bit (or a lot!) differently and should be approached individually. We highly recommend working with a colorimeter machine. Your local data, depending on your grinder, grind size and the way you prepare coffee surface for measurements, will be the most precise tool for your QC routine aside from cupping.

Coffee processing method

After cleaning and sorting, the fruit is pulped and the beans move into a stainless-steel bioreactor equipped with sensors and full control of oxygen, temperature, pH, °Bx, and pressure. Inside this controlled environment, high oxygen levels stimulate the naturally occurring yeast strains of the Red Striped Bourbon variety. Over 48 hours, these yeasts transform sugars in the mucilage into aromatic precursors, enhancing the floral, fruity, and complex profile typical of this variety. After fermentation, the coffee is washed three times.

Location: La Marquesa, Sotará, Cauca

Altitude (MASL): 1820-1850 m.a.s.l.

Varieties: Castillo, Pink Bourbon, Striped Red Bourbon, Geisha

Processing method: Washed, Honey, Natural

Finca Santa Barbara / Area 18

Just twenty minutes from Popayán, at 1850 meters in the hills of Timbío, sits Finca Santa Bárbara – a 14-hectare farm where Castillo, Pink Bourbon, Striped Red Bourbon and Geisha grow beneath the shade of native trees. The farm was designed not only to produce exceptional coffees, but also to welcome visitors into the natural beauty and traditions of Cauca. Ecological trails wind through the plantation, biodiversity thrives, and comfortable cabins offer guests a quiet place to rest after a day on the farm.

Área 18 Processing Center was born in 2024, when three companies came together around a shared vision: to unlock the full potential of the coffee cherry and everything it can offer. Rather than treating the fruit’s by-products as waste, they set out to transform them into value-driving innovation,
sustainability, and better returns for producers and consumers alike.